# Efficient way to compute rolling view counts per video (sliding window) in PHP vs C++?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.codechef.com/t/efficient-way-to-compute-rolling-view-counts-per-video-sliding-window-in-php-vs-c/126078 "2026-10-25T17:07:05Z")\
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I’m building a video sharing platform and need per-video view counts over the last 24h, updated often. Is a ring buffer of hourly buckets the standard sliding-window approach here, and is it worth doing in C++ or is PHP fine for about 100k videos? Thanks!